Regarding SDK access for Raspberry Pi AI Kit (No reply from support/form)

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Hello,
I’m currently using the Raspberry Pi AI Kit with Hailo-8L Entry-Level AI Accelerator.
I sent an email to support@hailo.ai on April 28, 2024 requesting access to the SDK (preferably version 4.21.0), and also submitted the same request through the official inquiry form the next day. However, I have not received any response yet.

The software download page does not include packages for ARM64 (Raspberry Pi 5), so I am unable to proceed with my development.

Here is my current setup:

  • Raspberry Pi 5
  • Hailo-8L Entry-Level AI Accelerator (from the Raspberry Pi AI Kit)
  • A body balance assessment system using pose estimation

This is quite urgent on our side, so I am posting here to follow up.
Could someone please confirm if my request via form/email has been received?
Also, I would appreciate it if you could let me know the correct SDK acquisition procedure or download link.

Thank you very much in advance.

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Welcome to the Hailo Community!

Hailo provides software for two environments/type of computer. See image below.

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The Dataflow Compiler part of the Hailo AI Software Suite is required to convert models from ONNX/TFLite into the HEF format that will be loaded on to the Hailo device. That software runs on a x86 machine running Ubuntu 20.0.4 or 22.04. The Raspberry Pi is not suitable to runs this part of our software.

You can download the Hailo AI Software Suite Docker from the Developer Zone after signing in. Please let us know if there are any issues.

The second part of the software is the HailoRT runtime. HailoRT is lightweight and runs on different hosts (x86 and Arm) and operating systems (Linux and Windows) It is open-source and available in the Developer Zone and on GitHub.

Github - hailo-ai

For the Raspberry Pi you should make use of the integration of HailoRT into the Raspberry Pi OS. You can follow the guide from their page.

Raspberrypi.com - AI HAT+
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Thank you for your response.

As I understand from your explanation:

  • The Dataflow Compiler for converting ONNX/TFLite to .hef runs only on x86 Ubuntu (20.04 / 22.04).
  • Raspberry Pi is not suitable for compiling .hef, so the model must be compiled on a separate PC and transferred.
  • HailoRT can run on Raspberry Pi and execute the .hef file.
  • HailoRT is available from GitHub and the Developer Zone.

My goal is to integrate posture estimation (e.g., yolov8s_pose_h8l.hef) with a Tkinter-based GUI on Raspberry Pi 5 with Hailo-8L.
Currently, HailoRT works fine, but I’m blocked at integrating the .hef inference via Python due to the missing hailo_platform module (no .whl file found).

If anyone can share a path to obtain hailo_platform or provide guidance for full Python integration on Raspberry Pi, it would be greatly appreciated.